The ladies of Aqours are starting the “Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours 2nd LoveLive! HAPPY PARTY TRAIN TOUR”! They’ll be performing in Asia on September 30th, but fans in other parts of the world will have a chance to watch their performance on October 14th. See full details of the tour on their website here and US screening locations below:

Celebration of August 1st “SHIN GODZILLA” Home Video Release Will Feature Works from 14 Artists and Special Guest Appearance by Legendary Sci-fi and Fantasy Artist Bob Eggleton

Godzilla, King of the Monsters, is headed to Austin for “Strange Beasts V: Shin Beasts” art show and exhibition at Guzu Gallery – a special “SHIN GODZILLA” inspired edition of the annual event celebrating the film’s North American home video release on August 1. Funimation is sponsoring “Strange Beasts V: Shin Beasts” and its Opening Night Party which will take place on Friday, July 28 from 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Guests will enjoy new and original works of kaiju art from 14 local, national and international artists, including, legendary sci-fi and fantasy artist Bob Eggleton who will also be appearing in-person as a celebrity guest. As part of the opening event, Funimation will be distributing a select number of limited-edition posters of a commissioned Godzilla artwork created by nationally-renowned kaiju artist and Austin-area resident Matt Frank. The art show and exhibition will also feature a special display of Bandai and X-Plus Japanese import Godzilla action figures courtesy of toy distributor Bluefin. Some of these figures will be available for purchase. “Strange Beasts V: Shin Beasts” will be on display from July 28 – August 21, 2017.

The artists participating in “Strange Beasts V: Shin Beasts” are as follows. A complete list of art bios is available at the end of this release.

“SHIN GODZILLA” was co-directed by Hideaki Anno (creator of “Evangelion”) and Shinji Higuchi (director of “Attack on Titan” live action movies) and is the 29th film produced by Toho Co., Ltd. in the iconic science fiction monster franchise. The film grossed more than $1.9M at the box office during its North American theatrical release last October. “SHIN GODZILLA” will be released on August 1 and is available in both DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UV editions. Both editions are available for pre-order at funimation.com/shingodzilla.

Here are some updates for the newly-released 18 mobile game and for the upcoming 18if anime!

18: Dream World Mobile Game

GameSamba has announced today that Mobcast’s hit Japanese puzzle RPG, “18: Dream World”, is now available for Apple devices via the App Store. The previous Android release has also been updated, introducing new features and events to the game.

“18” was created with the help of legendary game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Lumines, Rez, Space Channel 5). It takes place in the mysterious Dream World, where players will form a team of characters from a cast of hundreds and journey through story-filled stages in order to unlock the truth about the Dream World, and the strange new disease that’s trapping people there.

Using a combination of RPG and puzzle mechanics, players must defeat and recruit a wide variety of enemies, as they grow their heroes’ power.

Also in celebration of the new launch on iOS, GameSamba is doing a giveaway for an iPad Mini 4 and more prizes! All you need to do is install 18: Dream World on any device, play through the tutorial and character creation page, and find your Friend ID (on the “Friends” icon -> “Invites”) for the giveaway here: http://gvwy.io/1alzq3u. See more details for this contest on their website here.

One Grand Prize winner will receive a brand new iPad Mini 4! Seventeen runner up winners will receive an Ultra Rare 5 Star Diver! Eighteen additional winners will receive 3 Summon Tickets! All winners will be randomly selected and notified via in-game email with further instructions on how to claim the prize. Giveaway ends on May 31st, 2017 at 11:59PM PST.

18if Anime

Funimation has acquired 18if anime, which is based from the art of the 18 franchise which includes mysterious puzzle smartphone games. 18if will premiere in July 2017, so stay tuned for more details as we approach its premiere!

Hey there, Heroes! Funimation is kicking off a Hero Festival of our own, and this is the first event! Every couple of weeks on Inside the Episodes for My Hero Academia on FunimationNow, we’ll be highlighting a charity we believe is worthy of your attention and your assistance, and each one will be an opportunity for you to show us how much of a Hero you can be. Be A Real Life Hero!

ShareTheMeal is an initiative of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger. Each year, WFP reaches 80 million people with food assistance in around 80 countries. WFP is 100% voluntarily funded, so every donation counts. WFP’s administrative costs are among the lowest in the non-profit sector – with 90% of donations going directly to WFP operations that are building a world with zero hunger.

It’s incredibly easy to Share the Meal. All you have to do is sign up for the app, then donate $0.50 every time you sit down for a meal… or every time you turn on an episode of My Hero Academia… and that $0.50 will feed one child for one day. Truly. That’s all it takes. Make sure you tag #Funimation as your group and we’ll be able to see you for the Hero you really are.

Anime Boston 2017 is the home for the heroes- My Hero Academia specifically! Heading to Anime Boston, right as season two of the highly anticipated shonen My Hero Academia returns, are big name guests, panels, giveaways, and more.

Luffy and the Straw Hats head to the glittering Gran Tesoro with hopes of winning big in the upcoming movie, One Piece Film Gold (January 10 – 17th, 2017 in the U.S. and Canada) — and you could win big, too! Otakon Vegas is just around the corner (Jan 13 – 15, 2017), so we want to send you and a friend out to Las Vegas for your very own lavish Gran Tesoro experience!

As mentioned earlier this year, Funimation and Crunchyroll have partnered together to give you more anime content by focusing on what we do best. Funimation will dub most of the shows that Crunchyroll has, and Crunchyroll will get most of the subbed content that Funimation has. Funimation will still have all your favorite dubs, new SimulDubs every season, and new shows never before been dubbed

Now that we’re further along in the partnership, we’ll be dubbing more shows that Crunchyroll has (stay tuned for future announcements of which shows that will entail) and subbed content will start to come off of our apps and website. See the subbed shows that are planned to come off of Funimation that are on Crunchyroll already below.

Our friends at PQube are releasing Steins;Gate 0, a thrilling follow-up game to the franchise set in an alternate timeline where Okabe fails to save [whoa, spoilers if you haven’t seen Steins;Gate yet]. Check out the trailer, and be sure to pre-order the gorgeous special edition with artbook, Fairy Upa, soundtrack and more!

“But what about the Steins;Gate movie?!” you ask. We’re excited to announce today that Steins;Gate – The Movie – Load Region of Déjà Vu will be releasing in 2017! Look out for more details at the end of November, the release date of the Steins;Gate 0 game.

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